Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Serially connected micro-inverter system having concertina output voltage control
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Application No.: US14032808Application Date: 2013-09-20
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Publication No.: US09748769B2Publication Date: 2017-08-29
- Inventor: Martin Fornage
- Applicant: Enphase Energy, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Petaluma
- Assignee: Enphase Energy, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Enphase Energy, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Petaluma
- Agency: Moser Taboada
- Main IPC: H02J3/00
- IPC: H02J3/00 ; H02J3/16 ; H02J3/38 ; H02H3/16 ; H02H3/20 ; H02H3/24

Abstract:
The present invention is directed towards a serially connected micro-inverter (SCMI) system comprising a plurality of power sources for producing DC power, a plurality of micro-inverters, where each micro-inverter is coupled to at least one power source of the plurality of power sources, for converting the DC power into AC power, an AC bus for coupling the plurality of micro-inverters in series to form a string and for coupling the AC power an AC line; and a controller, coupled to the string, for measuring an output signal of one or more strings of series coupled micro-inverters, comparing the measured output signal to a desired signal for the string; and adjusting a phase angle of an output from each micro-inverter in the one or more strings until a difference between the measured output signal and the desired signal is less than a predetermined threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140084695A1 SERIALLY CONNECTED MICRO-INVERTER SYSTEM HAVING CONCERTINA OUTPUT VOLTAGE CONTROL Public/Granted day:2014-03-27
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